“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.”— Stephen Hawking “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”— John F. Kennedy Haven't we all seen this? Executives get promoted because they are subject matter experts within their domain. Then one day they’re told to lead something completely different: an IT overhaul, an Agile rollout, a data modernization effort. Suddenly, they’re in charge of people who are working on somet

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